Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in French and English, later in Sanskrit as well. Her works gained popularity and success posthumously. This collection of her poems, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan, was published by her father after her death in 1877. This collection is divided into 2 parts: the 1st part contains long poems about the ancient legends of her native land of India, which had been passed on to her orally in Sanskrit and which held much fascination for her, and also implied her desire to return to India. The 2nd part is a collection of Dutt's miscellaneous poems, clearly influenced by her travels in Europe and includes the memorable 'Our Casuarina Tree'. ( Anusha)
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How to pronounce Toru Dutt: Link for Audio Pronunciation
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Okay, you're all set. MW is in place, I have adapted the filename, and we don't need any ID3 tags anymore for this type of project... Let's stay here for a day or two to see if we can find a DPL also.
Good luck with your first group project!
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
I have just realized that it may be a good idea to have a pronunciation guide somewhere... At least so that the author's name is consistent - I would have no idea how to pronounce her name.
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
Availle wrote:I have just realized that it may be a good idea to have a pronunciation guide somewhere... At least so that the author's name is consistent - I would have no idea how to pronounce her name.
OH Yes, thanks for noticing that! I have added an audio pronunciation, if that's okay! I didn't know how else to indicate the pronunciation.
Till then, I'm going to claim Section 9 for myself.
Hi, Anusha--May I ask a quick question, please? In my Section 08, there is a line indicating some words spoken by Parasara. (At the beginning in the fifth line of the text.)
"Parasara. Brahman, hear."
I would tend to say that word as "Puh-RAH-sa-rah" (accent on second syllable), but maybe I'm wrong? Maybe it should be "PAR-ah-SAR-ah"--? How should I pronounce that name? I just don't want to get it glaringly wrong.
lubee930 wrote:Hi, Anusha--May I ask a quick question, please? In my Section 08, there is a line indicating some words spoken by Parasara. (At the beginning in the fifth line of the text.)
"Parasara. Brahman, hear."
I would tend to say that word as "Puh-RAH-sa-rah" (accent on second syllable), but maybe I'm wrong? Maybe it should be "PAR-ah-SAR-ah"--? How should I pronounce that name? I just don't want to get it glaringly wrong.
Thanks!
I wasn't sure about this one, but I asked my mother - a genius in Indian legends - and here I have your pronunciation for you! http://www.forvo.com/word/parasara/ And I got a story out of it too
lubee930 wrote:Hi, Anusha--May I ask a quick question, please? In my Section 08, there is a line indicating some words spoken by Parasara. (At the beginning in the fifth line of the text.)
"Parasara. Brahman, hear."
I would tend to say that word as "Puh-RAH-sa-rah" (accent on second syllable), but maybe I'm wrong? Maybe it should be "PAR-ah-SAR-ah"--? How should I pronounce that name? I just don't want to get it glaringly wrong.
Thanks!
I wasn't sure about this one, but I asked my mother - a genius in Indian legends - and here I have your pronunciation for you! http://www.forvo.com/word/parasara/ And I got a story out of it too
Thank you, Anusha--I'm glad that I checked with you! And please thank your mother for me as well.
Ava, I've been thinking about this - do you think this project could be moved to the Short Works forum? Because I believe those interested in poetry would look there. I know this IS a book in a sense, but I think it has many quite short sections. What do you think?
Availle wrote:
Anusha, some projects just take longer than others; don't get discouraged.
Don't worry, I've come to realize that. And I'm absolutely okay with that - if it's still not done in one year, I will start recording sections myself.
And please thank your mother for me as well. 
